From 6f3a9d88c7a31b1cf6d25ca872696e29970f13d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tibsfox <tibsfox@tibsfox.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:22:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(install): preserve USER-PROFILE.md and dev-preferences.md
 on update

The uninstall step wipes get-shit-done/ and commands/gsd/ directories
entirely, destroying user-generated files like USER-PROFILE.md (from
/gsd:profile-user) and dev-preferences.md. These files are now read
before rmSync and restored immediately after.

Closes #1423

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 bin/install.js | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bin/install.js b/bin/install.js
index 9d5a58c4e..d21b98dfa 100755
--- a/bin/install.js
+++ b/bin/install.js
@@ -3650,9 +3650,20 @@ function uninstall(isGlobal, runtime = 'claude') {
     // Gemini: still uses commands/gsd/
     const gsdCommandsDir = path.join(targetDir, 'commands', 'gsd');
     if (fs.existsSync(gsdCommandsDir)) {
+      // Preserve user-generated files before wipe (#1423)
+      const devPrefsPath = path.join(gsdCommandsDir, 'dev-preferences.md');
+      const preservedDevPrefs = fs.existsSync(devPrefsPath) ? fs.readFileSync(devPrefsPath, 'utf-8') : null;
+
       fs.rmSync(gsdCommandsDir, { recursive: true });
       removedCount++;
       console.log(`  ${green}✓${reset} Removed commands/gsd/`);
+
+      // Restore user-generated files
+      if (preservedDevPrefs) {
+        fs.mkdirSync(gsdCommandsDir, { recursive: true });
+        fs.writeFileSync(devPrefsPath, preservedDevPrefs);
+        console.log(`  ${green}✓${reset} Preserved commands/gsd/dev-preferences.md`);
+      }
     }
   } else {
     // Claude Code: remove skills/gsd-*/ directories
@@ -3684,9 +3695,20 @@ function uninstall(isGlobal, runtime = 'claude') {
   // 2. Remove get-shit-done directory
   const gsdDir = path.join(targetDir, 'get-shit-done');
   if (fs.existsSync(gsdDir)) {
+    // Preserve user-generated files before wipe (#1423)
+    const userProfilePath = path.join(gsdDir, 'USER-PROFILE.md');
+    const preservedProfile = fs.existsSync(userProfilePath) ? fs.readFileSync(userProfilePath, 'utf-8') : null;
+
     fs.rmSync(gsdDir, { recursive: true });
     removedCount++;
     console.log(`  ${green}✓${reset} Removed get-shit-done/`);
+
+    // Restore user-generated files
+    if (preservedProfile) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(gsdDir, { recursive: true });
+      fs.writeFileSync(userProfilePath, preservedProfile);
+      console.log(`  ${green}✓${reset} Preserved get-shit-done/USER-PROFILE.md`);
+    }
   }
 
   // 3. Remove GSD agents (gsd-*.md files only)